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Stories you watch with your ears. A professionally-produced full-cast audio drama podcast presenting 8-12 part serials across a variety of genre and story types, featuring some of Chicago's premier vocal talent.

Stories you watch with your ears. A professionally-produced full-cast audio drama podcast presenting 8-12 part serials across a variety of genre and story types, featuring some of Chicago's premier vocal talent.

Stories you watch with your ears. A professionally-produced full-cast audio drama podcast presenting 8-12 part serials across a variety of genre and story types, featuring some of Chicago's premier vocal talent.

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We could use a boost to our publicity, and the Chicago Reader's "Best of Chicago" nominations are now open. The Reader's "Best of Chicago" is an annual special issue of the paper, profiling the "Best of" in various categories, as voted on by their readership. We would really appreciate it if you would nominate Synesthesia Theatre for Best Podcast. Multiple nominations are necessary as only the top four make it to the next round of voting! Nominations close May 19 at noon CT. You do NOT...

The outtakes reel for Synesthesia Theatre season two, Cold Reboot, is now available exclusively to our supporters on Patreon.
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Meet the cast of Cold Reboot as we discuss the production and behind-the-scenes. In this episode: Amanda Meyer, Kathryn Palmer, Kat O’Connor, and Michael Coorlim. Show Notes Episode 11
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Synesthesia Theatre is only possible due to support from listeners like you. Want to help us make Season 3 a reality? Support...

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Meet the cast of Cold Reboot as we discuss the production and behind-the-scenes. In this episode: Chanda Davetas, Ruth Kaufman, C.J. Julianus, Kat O’Connor, and Michael Coorlim. Show Notes Episode 10
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Synesthesia Theatre is only possible due to support from listeners like you. Want to help us make Season 3 a...

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Erica confronts Georgia for answers about her forgotten past in this heart-pounding conclusion to the Synesthesia Theatre production of Cold Reboot. Show Notes Episode 9
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor Security Guard, played by Jennifer Lenius Georgia Matthews, played...

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Erica and Kate decide to work together to get back at Dae for all that trouble he's caused them. The scamp! Show Notes Episode 8
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor Veer, played by Tommy Malouf Waitress, played by Jennifer Lenius Yeong Dae, played by Archy Jamjun Metra...

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Erica turns the tables on her secret "admirers," and comes closer to learning a valuable lesson. Show Notes Episode 7
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Zehra, played by Susan Victoria Thomas Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor Yosef, played by Vincent Truman Danny, played by Sean Daniel Francis Punga,...

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Erica and Ruamano concoct a wacky plan that's so crazy that it just might work. Show Notes Episode 6
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Ruamano, played by Kathryn Palmer Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor Punga, played by Bill Bullock Grandfather, played by C.J. Julianus ChicagoNet AI, played by Ruth...

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Erica nabs a follow-up interview that promises to solve all of her problems! Unfortunately it doesn't go quite as expected. Show Notes Episode 5
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Ruben, played by C.J. Julianus Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor Adam's Rib AI, played by David Collins-Rivera Adam's Rib...

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Erica drifts through the world in a daze, desperately grasping for someone or something to help pull her from dissociated confusion. Show Notes Episode 4
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Nurse Carol, played by Amanda Meyer Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor Detective Mitchem, played by Peyton Brown Taxi...

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It's blasts from the past as Erica reconnects with Georgia and Baxter, remnants from her previous life. Her date with her ex takes a strange turn when an unexpected stranger barrels into her life. Show Notes Episode 3
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Erica Crawford, played by Kat O’Connor ChicagoNet AI,...

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It's capitalism to the rescue as Erica uses her assistance credits to do some shopping in anticipation of her upcoming interview. Unfortunately her unabashed consumption brings her into direct conflict with her new neighbors. Show Notes Episode 2
Cold Reboot was adapted from the novel by Michael Coorlim. Produced by Kat O’Connor and Michael Coorlim. Associate Producer is Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Erica Crawford, played by Kat...

700+ nominations have been tabulated, and voting is now open for the 2016 Audio Verse Awards. We are incredibly pleased that our hard-working cast and crew have gotten this recognition. And we would love your support in seeing us through the next steps! Voting is open to the public, and the first round of voting has begun, and closes at 11:59pm PDT on November 6. During this time YOU have a chance to make your voice heard. If you thought Iron Horses Can't Be Broken was exceptional in any...

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The future is a cold place when you have no past. Marketing exec Erica Crawford lost hers when a coma robbed her of all memory of the last ten years, and not even the FBI knows what she’s been up to. Now she wanders the streets of 2025 Chicago, trying to get by on a meager allowance of government assistance credits, without friends, funds, or a work history within the last decade. Increased automation and a depressed economy have put a lot of...

Cold Reboot is a cyberpunk thriller audiodrama, and the second season from Burning Brigid Media's Synesthesia Theatre podcast. Set in Chicago in 2025, it tells the story of a woman who can't remember the past decade trying to put her life together in a world of mass unemployment, rampant automation, and cold cold shoulders. Can she succeed, or will the assassins pursuing her end her problems, once and for all?

Meet the cast of Iron Horses Can’t Be Broken as we discuss the production and behind-the-scenes. In this episode: James Sparling, Doug Schuetz, and Sean Francis. Show Notes Episode 13
Synesthesia Theatre is produced by Kat O'Connor and Michael Coorlim. Audio technicians were Kat O’Connor and Bill Bullock. Our cast’s upcoming projects: James Sparling
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The sins of the past come bubbling up in this, the exciting conclusion to Iron Horses Can't Be Broken. Show Notes Episode 11
Iron Horses Can't Be Broken was written by Michael Coorlim, adapted from his novel of the same title. Produced by Kat O'Connor and Michael Coorlim. Audio technicians were Kat O’Connor and Bill Bullock. Our cast, in order of appearance: Sarah Bartleby, played by Kat O’Connor Lhadakwe, played by Deborah Craft Robert Koning, played by CJ Julianus Aldora Fiske, played...